Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-03-10
JeHersOmvilIe CO., lettings.

planatiOn.
Some one has written me- and asked " hat
do you mean bv now you are eleven" a
few months ago the Ed. Of THE CLARION
noted the start ola newspaper in the south.
west end Of your County, and said NOW VIC
are twelve. SAID newspaper had the most
terrible jaw breaker of Il name ever read.--
After few issues il collapsed, and l said,
"now YOU are eleven and no wonder the
name killed it.
Terrible rain and wnd-storm struck us on
Friday night. All streams flood tide, look
out for the Ohio. No telling what evil spir-
it might persuade her to change her course,
burst through the Allcganies at Wheeling,
sweep across TO Cheat river gather it up
and 90 on to South Branch Potomac, induce
it to 90 on a bender with her, open upa new
way from Cumberland directly cast through
Blue Ridge to Atlantic some where near
IIavre de Grace, and give You n navi gablr
water course at lower freight rates West,
than The great trunk lines of r. r., aft, I'd
You may ret a benefit of the boom across
Western Frederick co. Miles of fencing is
spread fiat TO the ground by the storm.
The question of Glover and Tile drainage
are two more closely allied with our farm;
ing interest here, than all others. And the
sum Of n II our conclusions are, no manure,
either commercial or barn yard, is equal to
either. Our soil aS a general thing is Il
black loan, vet we have the various clays,
that Of mulatto and also white yet all il of
limestone soil. These clay soils are TO II
sense such us yours, and in an unimprovcd
state, do not produce as well as our loam
but when thoroughly drained, are cq ual if
not superior for wheat,
While water is the essential life Of any
growing crop when rightly applied. it is
also its very death when wrongly applied.
Warmth and moisture are the essentials of
all vegetable growth. The SIM "ivcs lis
rule the rainfall is sufficient for moisture, al
ways so If rightly manipulated, In all our
heavy clay soils or suhsols the water after a
great rail- ,hrrricdy run away washing many
times enough of the top soil away, 20 have
maturel several youn" crops, where there
is stiff clay sub-soil the frost of winter gath
cr a great amount of water into this soil
which, gets away only by the slow process
of sun heat causing evaporation Now
what want to impress on our farmers is Il
spccdicr method of warming, drying and tn
richng our soils.
Here we have access to tile for drainage
! don't know whether any cntrrprisng mind
has engaged IN the business in your County
or not. If 81 he has not adv. his ware. They
are as easily made as brick and half as cheap
We drain our land--hlack mu'aito % clay
ground we get rid of the water above and
below and save soil washing.
Thousands Of small cavities open up vents
from the bitches To the surface, which any
one knows soon dries your lands, dry ground
is also warmer than wet, hence NcploW and
plant a week sooner on drained land. In n
dry season our underground bitches bring
to the surface "A continual moisture. and it is
an uncontrovertcd fact that well drained
land suffers less IN time Of drought than that
not drained. Clover is the second best svs-
TEN OF drainage and fcrtllizing known to
us. To any one never examining You
would W. surprised at the depth Clover roots
penetrate soil; from two to three and one
holT tI..If iS MT n far IL
these roots act rs so many small drainage
pipes, To ret water away and moisture up.
1t that section of YOUR County living he.
tween Glacchnm and Crcagcrstown had
been thoroughly under,lranrd, and a rigid
system of rotation with Clover observed for
tin past - years, that land to-day would be
worth $50 per acre in your market, and
what is true o: ii Is true of thousands of
acres between MechanIcstown and Mt St
Mary's, including ali tie tract known as
Buck Forest. Then again | have in mind,
land along Ovens creek and Rocky Ridge
where toIlcd many day that were man.
aging AGAIN could accomplish greater re.
suits with underlr,imge and clover, than
could be done with all the lime ever burned
in Woplsi'oro' or barn yard manure ever
made in Crcagerstow District and applied
without it. You ask would | dram your
rolling land Yes sir, that is just what. in
50 many cases would save the work. flow
would YOU drain without tile. If no man
was cntcrprisinG enough to be induce ed td
put up Il factory, | would have them shipped
from where they did If that was too expcn-
syc would use timber. If this was I'M
woutl Use the thousands of
pcrches OF good loose stones lying proms-
cously over the surface of your lands.
Now know this theory az you will term
1t will be severely criticised, don't misundcr.
stand me. You can't drain land where the
pillow strikes solid rock, under ground, but |
speak OF your cold, spouy clay lands both |
bottom, prairie or hill side as the case may
be. #t.r.. 49, .. 81.
Faycttc Co. is feeling Justly proud over
another big poultry show hcll ~ tic rOun
ty scat, Washington 4. ii. Feb. 2l-24 incluI,
Svc. The state was wen represented and !
the contests in all Glasses for first place was
sharp ard hotly contested. Ch's. McClavc
of New London o.. was the. able aihl1 elf 4
cient judge and almost general Satisfaction !
given. Almost 700 entries in the various
classes represent the work our Sec. had to